Avocats – South Africa

Lusanda Raphulu

Head of Dispute Resolution

Bowmans

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino

Lydia Shadrach-Razzino is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Corporate M&A Practice Group in Johannesburg. Lydia is continuously recognised for her legal proficiency and was most recently included in the Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2024: M&A | Africa - a meticulously researched guide that showcases Africa’s very best. She was a shortlisted finalist for Dealmaker of the Year in 2020 and again in 2021 and received the award in 2021, making her the first woman in the history of the award to have won. In 2022, Lydia was also awarded the Client Choice M&A Lawyer of the Year Award. In 2014, she was awarded the ABSIP Corporate Finance Lawyer of the Year award. She is also recognised by Chambers (for M&A and Private Equity), Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, and is featured in Who's Who Legal. Lydia has advised on several award-winning transactions including Vodacom on its acquisition of an interest in Vodafone Egypt, which was awarded Deal of the Year at the DealMakers Gala Awards in 2021. She advised Ascendis on its disposal of its Animal Health business to Acorn Private Equity, which was awarded Catalyst Private Equity Deal of the Year at the DealMakers Gala Awards in 2021.

Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

Lynsey Watson

Director

Werksmans Attorneys

Madelein Burger

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Madelein van der Walt

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Malachizokok Mpolokeng

DLA Piper

Mandy Claassens

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Manus Booysen

Consultant

Webber Wentzel

Mapaseka Phala

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Marco van der Merwe

Marco van der Merwe is a Trade Mark Practitioner and head of the Trade Mark Department at Spoor & Fisher. He has a BLC and LLB from the University of Pretoria, a certificate in computer programming as well as a Diploma in Labour Relations. Marco is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. For the past three decades, Marco has specialised in domestic trade mark registration, searches and maintenance, domestic and international copyright, information technology law, and domain name disputes. He is a specialist trade mark attorney with experience in computer-related litigation and information technology.

Spoor & Fisher

Maria Philippides

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Marita van der Walt

DLA Piper

Mark Garden

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp is a Patent Attorney and has BSc (Hons) (Chem) and BProc degrees. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Mark’s almost three decades of experience have covered domestic and international patent matters, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the chemical, metallurgical, nanotechnology and biochemical fields, and related litigation. He files and prosecutes patent applications internationally for a wide range of local and foreign clients, most notably from the US and UK – from start-up to blue-chip companies, as well as universities and other parastatals Consequently, Mark has taken over and successfully prosecuted a number of large patent portfolios for local and international clients. He also has extensive experience in advising pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies on launching new products to the market.

Spoor & Fisher

Mark Kyle

Partner

Bowmans

Mark Linington

Executive Tax

Bowmans

Mark McIntosh

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Mark Phillips

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Martin Hattingh

Senior Associate

Webber Wentzel

Martin Hopkins

Head of Reward Advisory Services

Bowmans

Martin Versfeld

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Mashudu Mphafudi

Mashudu Mphafudi is Director and Head of our Finance & Banking practice. He provides business legal services in most areas of finance (debt and equity), projects finance, corporate finance, private equity transactions, corporate and commercial law. He has extensive experience with various financial institutions, which he represents in a variety of transactions in banking and finance related mandates.

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Matodzi Ramashia

Director

RAMS Attorneys

Matthew Gibson

Partner

Webber Wentzel